32% of doctors indicated they would consider prescribing medicinal cannabis products if it were legal to do so.
Between all other physicians, and ophthalmologists, 11% of ophthalmologists and 39% of Other Doctors indicated they would consider prescribing medicinal cannabis if it were legal to do so....
33% of Other Doctors and 23% of Ophthalmologists thought medical practitioners should be able to prescribe cannabis products."
WebMD Senior Writer Daniel DeNoon, in a Sep. 6, 2003 article titled "Medical Marijuana Slowly Gains Ground," wrote:
"In the last week of July 2003, Medscape -- WebMD's web site for medical professionals -- asked its members what they thought about medical marijuana. It wasn't a scientific poll, although a member's vote is counted only once. Still, the results were surprising. There was a huge response. Three out of four doctors -- and nine out of 10 nurses -- said they favored decriminalization of marijuana for medical uses."
The Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Communications Consultant Hilary McQuie, stated in a July 27, 2003 article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
"...since the passage of California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996, more than 1,500 physicians statewide have recommended medical cannabis to their patients."
The Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center's (LACRC) President Scott Imler, told ProCon.org on Dec. 3, 2002:
"Our membership of almost 2,000 active and inactive members were recommended marijuana as medicine by approximately 448 licensed California physicians.Of those recommendations, 80% were for patients with HIV/AIDS, 10% were for cancer, and the remaining 10% were for a variety of other diseases and conditions." Mark Kleiman, PhD, Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, and Rick Doblin, PhD, President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), conducted a 1990 survey on oncologists' attitudes and experiences with medical marijuana that revealed:
"Out of 1,035 clinical oncologists surveyed, 44% of oncologists said they had ever recommended smoked marijuana to one or more of their patients."
WebMD Senior Writer Daniel DeNoon, in a Sep. 6, 2003 article titled "Medical Marijuana Slowly Gains Ground," wrote:
"In the last week of July 2003, Medscape -- WebMD's web site for medical professionals -- asked its members what they thought about medical marijuana. It wasn't a scientific poll, although a member's vote is counted only once. Still, the results were surprising. There was a huge response. Three out of four doctors -- and nine out of 10 nurses -- said they favored decriminalization of marijuana for medical uses."
The Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Communications Consultant Hilary McQuie, stated in a July 27, 2003 article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
"...since the passage of California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996, more than 1,500 physicians statewide have recommended medical cannabis to their patients."
The Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center's (LACRC) President Scott Imler, told ProCon.org on Dec. 3, 2002:
"Our membership of almost 2,000 active and inactive members were recommended marijuana as medicine by approximately 448 licensed California physicians. Of those recommendations, 80% were for patients with HIV/AIDS, 10% were for cancer, and the remaining 10% were for a variety of other diseases and conditions."
Mark Kleiman, PhD, Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, and Rick Doblin, PhD, President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), conducted a 1990 survey on oncologists' attitudes and experiences with medical marijuana that revealed:
"Out of 1,035 clinical oncologists surveyed, 44% of oncologists said they had ever recommended smoked marijuana to one or more of their patients."